If you are interested in flying or in building and flying your own experimental world war one fighter,

Be sure to get The Hilarious Book About Learning to Fly and Building the Nieuports of The Kansas City Dawn Patrol.

You Want To Build And Fly A What???
by
Dick Starks
(Awarded Flying Magazine's Bax Seat Trophy at Oshkosh 2001 for perpetuating the Gordon Baxter tradition of communicating the excitement and romance of flight.) 

"Dick Starks' tribulations and loss of innocence are your gain. His mixture of humor, philosophy, and technical stuff offers a unique insight into the slightly warped mind of a dedicated aircraft homebuilder."
-Dave Martin, editor of KITPLANES

 

"Dick has truly caught the flavor of learning to fly as well as the trials and tribulations of building an airplane . . . with his great sense of humor adding some spice."
-Mary Jones, editor of EAA Experimenter

NOW IN ITS THIRD PRINTING!)

"This is a great story of affordable personal aviation seldom told outside of the sometimes tight little circle of the Experimental Aircraft Association aero-nuts."
-Frank Kingston Smith, author of Weekend Pilot

 

"He bumbles, fumbles, and stumbles at even the most simple tasks, yet lives. Worse than that, he has the utter lack of shame to sit down and reveal it all in this book. . . For all his confessions of fear and humble bumbling, the man has the most direct thinking process, understands what he wants, goes for it without a lot of shilly-shallying, and is also a quick study."
-Gordon Baxter, columnist for FLYING

Only $17.50 
(14.95 + $2.55 s&h.)
Plus!! There's More!!
Order from me and get the two "Missing Chapters." These are the two chapters left out of the final cut on the book because the publisher thought they were "too graphic" for a family publication. (he's probably right too.) They're not about SEX. They're my two chapters dealing with two passengers I had in the Tweetie Bird that got airsick. You are strongly urged NOT to read these before, during or right after a meal.


Ways to order:

Print out the order form (Requires Adobe Reader) and send your check or money order made out to Dick Starks for $17.50 to:
Dick Starks
7906 NW Potomac
Parkville, MO 64152
(price includes $2.55 U.S.P.S. Book Rate shipping and handling. If you're ordering from overseas, add $10 for U. S. Postal Service, international Letters and Letter packages  - Airmail (delivery in 5 - 7 days) or be prepared to wait a looooooong time.)

                                                        OR,

For VISA and MasterCard charges by phone,
Call Butterfield Press's Order Line at:
888-836-3910
24 hours a day, 7 days a week

                                                         OR,

You can order from Butterfield Press  right here and now over the net.   over the net.   Butterfield Press also carries several other excellent books that are a must for homebuilders or potential homebuilders.  Also offered is Choosing Your Homebuilt, The One You'll Finish and Fly.   There are several other books and videos you can choose from.  You can Go to Butterfield Press's web site by clicking here.


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